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Browns Ferry’s reactors receive subsequent license renewals
The operating licenses for the three boiling water reactors at Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, in Athens, Ala., have each been renewed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an additional 20 years. The reactors, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, are now licensed to operate until December 2053 for Unit 1, June 2054 for Unit 2, and July 2056 for Unit 3.
Takeshi Matsuoka, Michiyuki Kobayashi, Kazuo Takemura
Nuclear Technology | Volume 84 | Number 3 | March 1989 | Pages 285-295
Technical Paper | Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Risk Management / Nuclear Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A34212
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A reliability analysis using the GO-FLOW methodology is given for the emergency core cooling system (ECCS) of a marine reactor experiencing either a collision or a grounding accident. The analysis is an example of a phased mission problem, and the system is a relatively large system with 90 components. An overview of the GO-FLOW methodology, a description of the ECCS, and the analysis procedure are given. Time-dependent mission unreliabilities under three accident conditions are obtained by one GOFLOW chart with one computer run. The GO-FLOW methodology has proved to be a useful tool for probabilistic safety assessments of actual systems.
